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BED. APPLICATION FILED MAY .13, 1914.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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Application filed May 13, 1914.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. Sr0Nn- BACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in beds, and more particularly to an improved sleeping compartment, the object of the invention being to provide a housing or compartment which incloses a bed, separating the same from the room and permits the occupant of the bed to repose with the window wide open, and at any time desired step from the bed into the room.

A further object is to provide improvements of this character which separate a portion of the room from the rest of the room, and provide in the separated space or compartment a bed which may be moved so as to be utilized as a couch or balcony seat, and also as a lounging diavan.

A further object is to provide improvements of this character which may be located in any ordinary room, and which permits the occupant of the bed to be observed and reached by an attendant as oocasion may require, and which therefore is especially adapted for use in hospitals, sanatoriums, etc., although of course it is equally well adapted for use in private homes.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in rear elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in side ele- Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section. Fig. 4% is a view in horizontal section on the Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in section on the line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a. fragmentary view in vertical section illustrating a modified form of sash forming the inner wall of the bed compartment, and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in horizontal section illustrating a modification.

1 represents the outer wall of a building and 2 a side wall or partition at right angles to the outer wall.

3 is a window frame having a pivoted Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 838,260.

sash 4 supported therein, and provided pref erably with a stationary transom 5 above the window frame, and with a relatively low sash. or screen 6 inside of the pivoted sash. These parts are preferable, although not essential, and, I may provide various means by which the several parts may be changed or varied to suit conditions.

In the drawings, I have illustrated an economical construction in which I utilize the side or partition wall 2 as a part of my improved bed compartment, the other walls of the compartment constructed as fol lows :A roof 7 extends out from the walls 1 and 2 and is of alongitudinal and transverse dimension in accordance with the size of the compartment. This roof is supported by the walls 1 and 2, and also by an end frame 8 in which I provide a fixed panel 9 and a hinged panel or door 10.

The inner wall of the compartment comprises a frame 11 with a sash 12. This sash 12 is pivotally connected to sliding bars 13, the latter free to slide in the frame 11, and when said bars are moved Vertically, the sash is adapted to pivot and assume a horizontal position as indicated in dotted lines Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

in Fig. 3, so as to permit the compartment to be open wide and yet dispense with the necessity for an extremely high ceiling. The frame 11, at its vertical portions, is hollow and constitutes weight boxes in which suitable weights (not shown) may be provided to balance the sash 12 to allow the latter to be easily operated.

14 represents a box having a mattress 15 thereon and constituting a sliding bed. The box 14 may be equipped with any desired spring, and a great many modifications might be resorted to in the formation of the bed, but for purposes of illustration, the straight flat box is shown which will be hereinafter referred to as the bed, although it is to be understood that the bed will constitute the mattress and the spring as well. The bed 14: moves upon rollers 16 which are supported in any approved manner in the framework, and below the bed an ample space is provided for sliding drawers 17 as clearly shown. The bed 14, when in a normal position, has one edge resting upon a ledge 18 fixed to the wall 1, and when in this After the occupant is in the bed, he may open the sash 4 and sleep in the open air. When morning comes, the occupant of the bed may close the sash 4 and open sash 12, stepping into the room to dress. The arrangement described, therefore, permits an out door sleeping compartment within a room without wasting heat, and yet keeping the room warm, so that any time the occupant of the bed rises, he can step into a warm room.

It is my intention to so support and mount the sashes that they may be readily operated from within or without the bed. Furthermore, my improvements are especially adapted for use in hospitals and sanatoriums where the nurse or doctor can see the patient at all times, and yet have the patient in the open air. If it is necessary to reach the patient, either the sash 12 or the door 10 may be opened, and when the sash 12 is opened, the bed may be rolled in toward the room as shown clearly in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

When the bed is rolled partway, as indicated, the sash 12 may be lowered and onehalf of the bed utilized as a settee in the room, while the other ialf may be used as a balcony in the open air. To make the compartment air tight, I provide a grooved bar 19 into which the lower end of the sash 12 snugly fits when in lowered position, and I would have it understood that I may utilize various forms of weather stripping, etc., to make the compartment entirely air tight.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 6, I illustrate a folding sash 20 having counterweights 21. T his sash 20 is to take the place of the sliding sash 12, and in some cases it may be desirable to have a folding sash rather than a sliding one. It is also my intent-ion to construct my improvements as a portable device in which case the walls or frames of the housing or bed compartment will be joined to the wall or walls of the room as shown in Fig. 7. In this form of my invention, I provide a bar 22 secured to the wall 1, and having a flexible strip 23 secured therein and adapted to engage in a bar 24-. of the compartment frame. Of course, these parts may be variously made to render them air tight, and any suitable means (not shown) may be utilized for looking the parts together.

Various other slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a housing having an open side adapted to be secured to a wall around a window opening, said housing having a sliding sash in its rear wall nor mally closing an opening therein, of a bed in the compartment and adapted to be moved through the opening in the rear wall of the compartment, said sash adapted to be sup ported at its lower edge upon the bed and divide the bed into two couches, one within the compartment and the other outside of the compartment, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a housing having an open side adapted to be secured to a wall around a window opening, said housing having a sliding sash in its rear wall normally closing an opening therein, of a bed in the compartment and adapted to be moved through the opening in the rear wall of the compartment, said sash adapted to be supported at its lower edge upon the bed and divide the bed into two couches, one within the compartment and the other outside of the compartment, and rollers in the compartment supporting the bed, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a housing having an open side adapted to be secured to a wall around a window opening, said housing having a sliding sash in its rear wall normally closing an opening therein, of a bed in the compartment and adapted to be moved through the opening in the rear wall of the compartment, said sash adapted to be supported at its lower edge upon the bed and divide the bed into two couches, one within the compartment and the other out side of the compartment, and said compartment having a door in one end adjacent the wall of the building, whereby entrance may be had into the compartment when the bed is moved rearwardly, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL A. STONEBACK.

lVitnesses:

CHAS. E. PoTTs, M. E. DrT'rUs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents.

Washington, D. G. 

